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Cheb

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Rear Cylinder Misfire after washing and in the rain
« on: June 19, 2017, 06:38:00 PM »

First forum post here.
2014 FXSBSE, 17k miles: Just got back from a long weekend road trip last week. While on the road got caught in a fairly heavy down pour and stopped for 30 minutes to wait it out. Went to get back on the bike and it was hard to start and ran like c&@p. After a few minutes of babying the girl it straightened up and no further issues. Then after I got home I took to cleaning the coating of insect hitchhikers. I sparingly used a soapy bucket and hose. Now my rear cylinder is misfiring and dead. It is dumping raw fuel out the pipe and the head stays cool, so I know it is not firing. Make me unsure of the reliability of the bike after a bit of water. Any ideas on where to start?
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Cheb

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Re: Rear Cylinder Misfire after washing and in the rain
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2017, 12:56:52 AM »

Update:
After letting the bike sit overnight, tried starting the next day. Still had a dead rear cylinder. I let it run for a while to warm up. It finally started to hit and eventually started running normal. There was a large amount of steam and boiling water released out of the left side. This bike is a wonder and a pain. :-\
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Re: Rear Cylinder Misfire after washing and in the rain
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2017, 09:42:54 AM »

I've heard of this sort of thing happening if the coil housing is cracked.
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Re: Rear Cylinder Misfire after washing and in the rain
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2017, 01:35:16 PM »

Coils can give out at any time without warning. Get an ohm meter and measure each coil.  The two coils in one package should have about 3 ohms on each. I had one go out. It ran fine got home. Next day it hit only on the front cylinder. I checked the resistance on each one was 3.3 ohms  the other was open. I replaced it over 20k miles ago. No problem.
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Re: Rear Cylinder Misfire after washing and in the rain
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2017, 01:56:47 PM »


Look at the other thread about the open vacuum port at the induction module.  Once that missing cap was fixed, how is it starting and running now?

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